Around 1,600 jobs are under threat at Britain's biggest supermarket as Tesco announced it will be moving overnight re-stocking to the daytime in 36 large stores and 49 convenience stores.
Tesco is also converting 36 of its petrol stations to become pay-at-pump only sites during overnight hours.
The supermarket said moving stock replenishment from overnight hours to daytime meant it could ensure more staff were on shop floors to help customers during peak hours.
The announcement comes a day after Tesco said it was scrapping its discount store brand Jack's with the closure of seven stores and loss of around 130 jobs, while also shutting meat, deli and fish counters at more than 300 sites.
It said that the combined result of the announcements would be to put around 1,600 roles at risk of redundancy across the business but that it aimed to offer alternative roles to as many as possible, with 3,000 vacancies currently needing to be filled.
Jason Tarry, Tesco's UK and Ireland boss, said:
"We operate in a highly competitive and fast-paced market and our customers are shopping differently, especially since the start of the pandemic.
"We are always looking at how we can run our business as simply and efficiently as possible, so that we can re-invest in the things that matter most to customers.
"The changes we are announcing today will help us do this.
A spokesperson for the supermarket said workers on the night shift were only informed of the changes to overnight roles on Monday evening, which was why the announcements were not made at the same time.
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